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1. |
Broken Bell
04:09
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The Bell
Tolling low has cracked my shell
Don't waste your hammer on a broken bell
A broken bell a broken bell
Don't waste your hammer on a broken bell
Shadows rise when they hear the call
Shine the light and you watch em fall
Watch em fall with the coming day
Shine the light and they fade away
chorus-
(Well) I let you in, to see inside
But you will never chain my mind
You will never chain my mind
verse
Cut your lies with a rusty tongue
Built your house with the deeds you done
The deeds you done got a ringing sound
Deeds you done gonna tear you down
(chorus)
Four to one copper and tin
Copper and tin for a shiny skin
A shiny skin shimmering new
Copper and tin to ring it true
Tolling low has cracked my shell
Don't waste your hammer on a broken bell
A broken bell a broken bell
Don't waste your hammer on a broken bell
(chrous)
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Tired Lion
04:07
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Tired Lion
Rushing down the road
The life that you have learned
All the things you've done to you
Your chest begins to burn
You feel it closing in
It's all around you now
The very thing you thought you owned
Is falling from the bone
When will the sun come
When will I hear the tired lion
When will I hear the tired lion again
Time is like the wind
Winding through the dust
You feel the weight of an angry God
And the blade makes the cut
Deep inside your skin
You feel the water flee
You can't stop the failing
Of a vessel that won't be
When will the sun come
When will I hear the tired lion
When will I hear the tired lion again
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Dying Language
03:52
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Dying Language
Sharpened words to draw the line
I got not place for your world in mine
Cold intolerant bricks in the wall
Shades of grey inside us all
CHORUS
Don't you speak to me, don't you speak to me
I can't take your twisted words of hate
Don't you speak to me, let your dying language fade away
Old man tell me what's that you said
Why is your nose stuck in their bed
Born to this world alone and wet
Nobody knows which way we'll set
CHORUS
Don't you speak to me, don't you speak to me
I can't take your twisted words of hate
Don't you speak to me, let your dying language fade away
Razor tongues fall double sharp
Its warm red blood from every heart
Perfect broken spokes in a wheel
All of us different all of us real
CHORUS
Don't you speak to me, don't you speak to me
I can't take your twisted words of hate
Don't you speak to me, let your dying language fade away
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4. |
Astoria
04:01
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5. |
Low Road
05:03
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Low Road
You don't know the ones you broke
Only know the words you stole
The words you stole are talking to you
Lost inside the walls you built
Can't escape the dreams you killed
The dreams you killed are following you
You took the low road
You took the low road
Guided by a crooked line
Feeding from a withered vine
Withered vines bear wasted fruit
You don't know the things you've been
I'm twisting nails from my skin
And from my skin these broken chains
You took the low road
You took the low road
Its all you've ever known
You took the low road
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6. |
Tall Grass
04:25
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Tall Grass
Tall grass whispers in the hills when the wind blows
You stand dreaming, deep in the willows
Two boys tumbling chasing your shadow
I see you smiling, you're lost in the echoes
Follow me through tall grass
We could walk for hours
Hide me on this hillside
Maybe we won't make our way back home
The tall grass calls and I am here alone
The hills have vanished the blackbird is silent
I see you stumbling, you're off in the distance
Two boys whisper "father is dying"
The tall grass whithers, and the willows are crying
Follow me through tall grass
We could walk for hours
Hide me on this hillside
Maybe we won't make our way back home
The tall grass calls and I am here alone
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7. |
Iowa
03:08
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Give Me Your Soul
04:12
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Give Me Your Soul
If got my evening, routine running
I fly through the wires, my electrons are humming
I'm shaping and shifting, from circuit to shadow
I see what you're dreaming, your soul is my window
And I can't use, these things you own
I don't want your flesh and bone
Give me your soul
Give me your soul
Give me your soul
My vision is x-ray, my bodies electric
I see what Im needing, your should is magnetic
I move through your memories, Im owning your history
Im locked on and spinning, you got no way to stop me
And I can't use, these things you own
I don't want your flesh and bone
Give me your soul
Give me your soul
Give me your soul
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9. |
Ashes of a Man
03:22
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Ashes of a Man
Here I go again
Sifting through ashes of what you were
A man that I knew
Strong as the earth with a gentleman's curse
You left like the wind disappears in the night
With no one to save and nothing to fight
They say I've got your eyes and the way of your hands
All that remains are the ashes of a man
Pieces of you
Just wouldn't burn when we said goodbye
The sound of your voice
Like the fire in your heart and the love in your eyes
You left like the wind disappears in the night
With no one to save and nothing to fight
They say I've got your eyes and the way of your hands
All that remains are the ashes of a man
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10. |
The Collier's Daughter
04:07
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Collier's Daughter
Ice storms coming
And the collier's daughter
She's running from the sun
She's running from the sun
Sky is tattered
Her face is covered
She's bound to come undone
She's bound to come undone
Dark clouds gather
I hear you whisper
The world is standing still
The world is standing still
Old mans crumbling
The hills are dying
There's nothing left to kill
He's got nothing left to kill
Run away, don't run away
Run away don't run away
With the colliers daughter
Run away, don't run away
Run away don't run away
With the colliers daughter
Under these broken hills
Under these broken hills
Shadows fall
Under these broken hills
The collier calls
Under these broken hills
Ice storms breaking
And the collier's daughter
She's running for the sun
She's running for the sun
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11. |
Jo Jo
02:54
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12. |
Lie Alone
04:02
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Lie Alone
You came crashing down
On waves of pain upon my shore
Only me to brake
Your fall and cut the cloth for more
Your hands were like felted oak
But your drunken words were stones on my heart
Love tore us both to shreds
But watching you go was the hardest part
chorus
Now I lie alone tonight
How can I ever let go
You were the one to carry me
Tonight I lie alone
Nights are like broken glass
And every shard a piece of our past
The sun comes and steals you back
Each day the pain is worse than the last
chorus
Now I lie alone tonight
How can I ever let go
You were the one to carry me
Tonight I lie alone
(bridge)
chorus
Now I lie alone tonight
How can I ever let go
You were the one to carry me
Tonight I lie alone
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13. |
Star
04:19
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Star
Verse-
Chasing the days
Like a lost child
I got no time left to play
Or wander through the wild
Eyes bright and wide
he's all teeth and tongue
Love and light come tangled
In a shining little son
Chorus-
Hold to your light
don't ever lose your star
All of your life
Is a road to what you are
Verse-
Both hands in the sky
He's two feet from the ground
One big happy heart
For the whole world round
Chorus
Hold to your light
don't ever lose your star
All of your life
Is a road to what you are
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Tony Furtado Portland, Oregon
“Tony Furtado is a major musical force without a doubt. He has his black belt in voice, bottleneck guitar and his banjo
playing scares the crap out of me.” – David Lindley
“The devil will eventually want a guitar lesson from Tony Furtado, but he’ll have to wait in line like the rest of us.” - Willy porter
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